City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0014R

• File #: 12-0014R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Schools - No Child Left Behind
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/30/2012
• In control: Education and Youth Committee
• Final action: 3/19/2012
• Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Schools - No Child Left Behind FOR the purpose of requesting the CEO of Baltimore City Schools to share with the City Council the current status of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act - or No Child Left Behind (NCLB); to address plans to opt out of certain mandates of NCLB, and; to report on the programs, if any, that will be adopted in place of NCLB to ensure that Baltimore City students maintain or surpass educational achievement levels.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, Carl Stokes, Brandon M. Scott, Rochelle Spector, Nick Mosby, William "Pete" Welch, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert Curran, President Young
• Indexes: Baltimore City Public School System, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/19/2012	0	Education and Youth Committee	Recommended Favorably
3/19/2012	0	City Council	Adopted
2/2/2012	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/30/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
1/30/2012	0	City Council	Assigned
1/30/2012	0	Education and Youth Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Schools - No Child Left Behind

FOR the purpose of requesting the CEO of Baltimore City Schools to share with the City Council the current status of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act - or No Child Left Behind (NCLB); to address plans to opt out of certain mandates of NCLB, and; to report on the programs, if any, that will be adopted in place of NCLB to ensure that Baltimore City students maintain or surpass educational achievement levels.
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Recitals

An op-ed in the January 8, 2012 edition of the Washington Post states that ten years ago today the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted. “The law has improved American education in some ways, but it also has flaws that need to be fixed.?No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for the first time exposed achievement gaps and created a conversation about how to close them. The law held schools accountable for the performance of all students no matter their race, income level, English-proficiency or disability. Schools can no longer point to average scores while hiding an achievement gap that is morally unacceptable and economically unsustainable.”

Some four months earlier, the White House Office of the Press Secretary announced that: “In an effort to support local and state education reform across America, the White House today ou...